Information
The Royal Winter Magic is not a Christmas market, but a very elaborately designed special exhibition inside and outside the castle. Instead of stall charm and crowds, it offers a Christmas atmosphere in a historical setting. In the Count's Hall, a twelve-metre-long table will be on display with original service and silver from imperial stocks, flanked by a seven-metre-high Christmas tree. But the other chambers will also be enchantingly decorated. Visitors can explore them at will and let themselves be carried away into the Christmas world of royalty and majesties. There will also be an exhibition on the history of glass Christmas decorations in the Catholic castle chapel.
As dusk falls, the façades in the castle courtyard are regularly illuminated on a large scale. This is also where court juggler Klausi Klücklich releases shimmering soap bubbles into the night sky accompanied by the scent of mulled wine and waffles. Every now and then, Father Christmas or his little helpers drop by and the puppets dance on Cinderella's puppet stage on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and daily during the holidays.
The castle's restaurant offers special Winter Magic Menus on advance booking and in the castle garden small groups can enjoy hearty treats in heated themed huts. In addition, Café Kira on the 3rd floor invites you to enjoy coffee and cake in a cosy living room atmosphere.
Opening times
Daily: 15:00 - 21:00 Uhr
Hohenzollern Castle is closed outside these times.
Day of rest: 24.11.2025 | 01.12.2025 | 08.12.2025 | 15.12.2025 | 23.-25.12.2025 |31.12.2025 | 01.01.2026
Tickets
Tickets for the Royal Winter Magic are available in our Ticket Shop under “Events”.
Gastronomy
The castle restaurant invites you to enjoy Christmas delicacies:
- In the Castle's Restaurant we offer selected winter menus, for which we ask you to order 3 days in advance. Of course, we also have a menu of the day, which includes vegetarian and vegan dishes. You are also welcome to reserve a table here.
- In the castle garden, winter-decorated and heated huts can be hired on site, where small groups of up to 6 people can be served mulled wine and winter delicacies.
- In the castle courtyard, game brewer Markus Schuler will spoil you in the “Braterei” hut with game sausages from his own hunt and red sausages in a roll and white mulled wine. There is also the “Gaumenfreude” hut, which serves waffles and red mulled wine..
- In addition, Café Kira on the 2nd floor invites visitors to enjoy coffee & cake on a donation basis. The donations go to the Friends of Hohenzollern Castle and the Kira Foundation.
During the Royal Winter Magic, the opening hours of the castle restaurant are based on the above-mentioned opening hours of the Winter Magic. We ask for your understanding that the restaurant is also closed outside these times. For inquiries and reservations, please contact the Café Restaurant on 07471-2345 or by e-mail.
This event is already included in regular castle admission. Free ticket holders and members of the Friends of Hohenzollern Castle have free admission, but must still book a corresponding (free) ticket in the ticket shop.
Photos and video recordings may be made during this event, which will be published as part of press coverage (TV, print media, digital media, social media). If you do not wish to be photographed/filmed, please speak to the camera staff.
Shuttle bus
The shuttle buses operated by HVB Wiest & Schürmann run between the P1 visitor parking lot and the Eagle's Gate (entrance gate to the castle) every 10 minutes from 2:45 pm on the days of the Royal Winter Magic. The last shuttle bus ride from the castle to the parking lot is at 9:30 pm.
If you have any questions about the shuttle bus, please contact:
HVB Wiest+Schürmann, Phone +49(0)7471-93500,
info@hvb-hechingen.de
www.hvb-hechingen.de